Tuesday, May 14, 2013

The East Village Eye archive officially goes online this week



From the EV Grieve inbox...

All 72 issues of the East Village Eye, the legendary magazine published from 1979 to 1987 that covered and was actively engaged in the arts, politics and social currents of the time, are being scanned and preserved in searchable PDFs. While we undergo development of several integrated projects, we begin with ten full issues deemed to contain the most relevant fashion-related content. This launch coincides with the current show at the Metropolitan Museum of New York entitled “Punk: Chaos to Couture,” which we seek to augment with this contribution.

Not every rock'n roll-filled mag covers fashion, but a key part of the reaction to the purposely dressed-down, self-effacing attitude of the previous era was to consciously use clothing to display individual creativity, vitality and viewpoint. This is why the Eye devoted pages to the work of Animal X, Betsy Johnson, Manic Panic, Natasha, Patricia Field, Trash & Vaudeville and many other such leaders in the field, not forgetting the naturally stylish on the streets of New York, from the Lower East Side to the South Bronx.

Keep looking for new developments here, where we will continue to add to the discourse with more issues and other materials about the Eye, the East Village and the era. And don't forget to follow our Twitter page @EastVillageEye for more news and updates.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Q-and-A with Leonard Abrams, publisher of the East Village Eye

6 comments:

NYCDreamin said...

Looks like I'm gonna have some reading to catch up on - very cool! Thanks for the heads up!

Anonymous said...

great news!!!!

Anonymous said...

Fantastic, thanks Grieve for letting us know, Simon1961

BabyDave said...

Wow. The Way-Back Machine just kicked in to overdrive.

Congratulations to Leonard for getting this going.(And one has to think that the EV Grieve following was a strong motivating factor.)

xootrman said...

In the interest of full disclosure I've known and been a neighbor of his for about 15 years. He's a very cool and creative E Villager and I'm happy that he's getting the recognition that he truly deserves.

Urno Talbot said...

Looks like I have more reason to not sleep. It was a good paper. I sent a link to John Lurie, he'll enjoy seeing his face on the cover.